tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post4770795616098973671..comments2024-03-27T22:53:00.759+01:00Comments on A Hippo On the Lawn: A Few Random Pics...Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-26285689367249162102013-10-14T15:17:07.512+01:002013-10-14T15:17:07.512+01:00Yup! I just unpacked the box marked Bosch and ins...Yup! I just unpacked the box marked Bosch and installed it.<br /><br />Ah, images versus reality! I guess I shan't be selling you a package tour for a while yet!Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-14983235914669137472013-10-14T15:14:16.070+01:002013-10-14T15:14:16.070+01:00Burnt through too many, This time it was my turn....Burnt through too many, This time it was my turn. Besides, a five year old can't handle more than the standard 13 amps. This was a cooker, 30 amps.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-70323117120394752182013-10-14T15:12:18.523+01:002013-10-14T15:12:18.523+01:00Clearly a man who in his environment knows what he...Clearly a man who in his environment knows what he is up against.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-33215545631925037022013-10-14T14:06:20.724+01:002013-10-14T14:06:20.724+01:00Hang on...so did you instal the oven from storage ...Hang on...so did you instal the oven from storage without checking the wiring? How's the toe coming along? The pictures make it all look quite idyllic, its the words that betray the image!Nota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-9964870639218889482013-10-13T00:29:41.330+01:002013-10-13T00:29:41.330+01:00That shop is TOO neat!
Remember basic safety: get...That shop is TOO neat!<br /><br />Remember basic safety: get. small child to touch the cables first!The Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345021580985320660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-6467013704810576042013-10-12T15:14:23.105+01:002013-10-12T15:14:23.105+01:00My god it hasn't fallen off has it?My god it hasn't fallen off has it?Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518631542782309728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-29275596791050563942013-10-12T12:05:17.646+01:002013-10-12T12:05:17.646+01:00Coincidentally my husband was trying to mend my co...Coincidentally my husband was trying to mend my cooker as I was reading your blog. I told him to check for rats. He replied "Whaaaaat?" All fixed now, just a loose wire. Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-49936402292048153092013-10-12T11:01:23.785+01:002013-10-12T11:01:23.785+01:00At the rate this project is going, an oak tree cou...At the rate this project is going, an oak tree could have matured and started producing its own little acorns!Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-65273790777275431232013-10-12T10:59:09.424+01:002013-10-12T10:59:09.424+01:00And there's me looking for just a quiet life!
...And there's me looking for just a quiet life!<br /><br />You do not want to see my toe...Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-75057442905464931192013-10-12T10:57:53.286+01:002013-10-12T10:57:53.286+01:00You are not allowed to eat the apples either.You are not allowed to eat the apples either.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-30485262843083441322013-10-12T08:43:22.300+01:002013-10-12T08:43:22.300+01:00Parvis e glandibus quercus.Parvis e glandibus quercus.columnisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764365428633038329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-85685225127633900822013-10-11T21:04:36.856+01:002013-10-11T21:04:36.856+01:00Yoghurt Knitter here
Wow your place is really com...Yoghurt Knitter here<br /><br />Wow your place is really coming together.<br /><br />Does something happen every week there? Snake bite, then being flung through the air by electrical current?<br /><br />we want pictures of the toe please.<br /><br />Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518631542782309728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-57460624432038372712013-10-11T18:52:43.758+01:002013-10-11T18:52:43.758+01:00It looks like Paradise! Unfortunately including th...It looks like Paradise! Unfortunately including the snake...<br />ElsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-43205096995350214542013-10-11T16:34:23.918+01:002013-10-11T16:34:23.918+01:00Oh good heavens yes! No poison. I envy you the f...Oh good heavens yes! No poison. I envy you the forthcoming gekko guards. Pics when they arrive, please. :-DKrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17822528453563683772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-51641878720701935752013-10-11T13:10:33.776+01:002013-10-11T13:10:33.776+01:00And miles better than lacing the place with poison...And miles better than lacing the place with poison, eh?<br /><br />This place is still new so I have yet to see Gekkos running up and down the walls at night but they will come.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-54764036909498647982013-10-11T13:07:28.019+01:002013-10-11T13:07:28.019+01:00The snakes are trained Addy. If you visited, like...The snakes are trained Addy. If you visited, like St Patrick, I would order them out of the house.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-27275731439604670832013-10-11T13:06:01.341+01:002013-10-11T13:06:01.341+01:00My ex wives always complained that a weekend with ...My ex wives always complained that a weekend with me was an eternity. I guess it is all relative.<br /><br />Wait until it is all finished and maybe we can do a holiday house swap. I have never been to AustrĂ¡lia and of all the places to go there, I really fancy Cairns. I was very nearly a policeman in Darwin, by the way, but that is another story.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-14514802992925932402013-10-11T13:02:09.695+01:002013-10-11T13:02:09.695+01:00I'd be delighted. I'd even pay my own air...I'd be delighted. I'd even pay my own air fare and bring my own tools but, I warn you, I may be tempted to just attach it to a long cable, fill it with anything explosively combustible, fling it over your neighbour's Orange Wall and switch it on remotely.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-59625460984873790052013-10-11T12:57:58.660+01:002013-10-11T12:57:58.660+01:00George! How lovely to see you pop up again! I se...George! How lovely to see you pop up again! I see from your blog you are ever industriously making floats and catching trout and grayling.<br /><br />All I could offer you is US dollars two grand a month tax free, two flights a year, your work visa, eight weeks leave pa, food and airconditioned private (not shared) accommodation, internet access, access to comapny transport and 25% of your takings giving fishing lessons and running clients on boats up the river or out to sea.<br /><br />In return, I expect you to maintain your equipment, the boats, the vehicles, the generator and whatever other jobs need doing that are maintenenace related.<br /><br />I also have a vacancy for a decent Chef under the same conditions. Preferably a Chef who can do European and Asian cuisine, I will provide him a Sous Chef who can prepare the local cuisine.<br /><br />If either applicant for the above posts has a wife or partner (of either sex, I don't care) who can manage the accounts and run Front of House, I want them as well.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-44086658224714380892013-10-11T12:38:04.203+01:002013-10-11T12:38:04.203+01:00Snakes will be available on room service.Snakes will be available on room service.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-32633799538516720422013-10-11T12:36:42.480+01:002013-10-11T12:36:42.480+01:00I am so overweight now there is no room under my s...I am so overweight now there is no room under my suspenders for my fat thumbs nor trousers to suspend that I can fit into!Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-68990694188683184932013-10-11T12:35:08.014+01:002013-10-11T12:35:08.014+01:00More like Dean Martin, I was pissed as usual!More like Dean Martin, I was pissed as usual!Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-19122091870804268122013-10-11T12:34:21.936+01:002013-10-11T12:34:21.936+01:00When it is finished, it will be a garden in the wi...When it is finished, it will be a garden in the wilderness.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-8416175892134237302013-10-11T12:33:25.581+01:002013-10-11T12:33:25.581+01:00You should buy Bernhard Grzimek's 'Grzimek...You should buy Bernhard Grzimek's 'Grzimek Unter Afrikas Tieren', you would love it. I have just checked and Collins have published it in English entitled, 'Among Animals in Africa'Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-51672273595416625242013-10-11T12:21:55.417+01:002013-10-11T12:21:55.417+01:00I grew up in the country in a semi-finished house ...I grew up in the country in a semi-finished house (back in the late 40s). The house had no window screens and an ill-fitted door threshhold so there were always insects inside. From my youngest memory, there was a toad or 2 living under the bathroom sink (unfinished cement floor). Every night they would venture out and dine on the crawly community. Probably seems weird, but back then, to us kids, it was just normal. Didn't <i>everyone</i> have a house toad? LOL Your snake solution seems pretty normal to me. :-DKrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17822528453563683772noreply@blogger.com